Lord, I thank you for always being there for me. I know that you promised you would never leave nor forsake me. With you, I'm never alone. With you, I can find comfort. With you, there is nothing that I can't do. Each year I see new mercies. I've been Blessed in new ways that I couldn't ever have imagined. There is no way to earn your love, it just exists for me. I believe that all we who walk with you and who trust in you will be safe and will not fear. I thank you Lord that we are covered by Your righteous right hand. May those who live in fear, find calm as did the disciples when they were being tossed about in a boat on a rough sea until You spoke peace to it. May we walk with steady feet and sing not as timid people, but sing Your praises loud and long. In the singing, we shall usher Your presence into our lives, our day, and our situations. The psalms say that you sit in the midst of us when we sing Your praises. You speak to us and say "Fear not". So father, we shall not fear. Help us to be strong in Jesus name.
Psalm 91
"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust". For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place, the Most High who is my refuge, no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up lest you strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the adder' the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot. "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
God's hope for us
These times are difficult. People are losing their jobs, their homes, their cars, their families, and their minds. There are so many stories of loss out there that it's enough to make you question whether or not God went on vacation. It happened in my family, too. The Lord gave me a message in a dream in 2004. Essentially the dream was a warning for me that my husband would no longer be in his job. Well, that did happen. He lost his job. I know that this particular circumstance has occurred in the lives of many people lately. When we start experiencing this hardship we begin to wonder about our financial situations in life. Sometimes situations arise that cut off our source of money and we are left with barely enough. We may even get to the point where we have nothing left to survive on. Then there are sometimes we have more than we need. No matter what that situation is for you today, you should know that God's hope for us is prosperity. I have a small white board up in the hallway of my house. I write scripture on it that I hope will encourage all of the members of our family. Everyone has to pass through this hallway, and so I write what I feel divinely led to place on the board for us either daily or weekly. It says, " Mark 11: 24 Therefore i tell you, all things that you pray and ask for, BELIEVE that you will receive it, and you shall have it.
Right under that wording i have another scripture, "Jeremiah 29;11 - "FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU. PLANS TO GIVE YOU A HOPE AND A FUTURE. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. says the Lord .
Lord, I love you so much. You are my hope and my salvation. I'm so thankful that my future doesn't hang on any human, but on You, oh Lord, and my obedience to you. Lord I pray that you would Please look upon all of our circumstances today father, and hear our prayers. Our love for you is great, and our hope in you is strong. You are our all in all. We lay our lives at your feet. We place our hearts in your hands. Help us to rise above all the hurt, harm, and economic depression that is going on in the world. Your word says that We have not because we ask not, and in Mark 11:24 you tell us that if we say unto the mountain "be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea" and if we believe and don't doubt, then we shall have what we say. Well, I claim for myself and for my Christian family that we shall be blessed and that if we "come boldly to your throne of grace" we will find help in our time of need. I ask for a double portion for us all. Let us be the light on a hill. Help us to live our lives so that we are examples of all that is Godly and all that is good. Help us oh Lord to follow your instruction and do be "doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving ourselves". After we receive your word for our lives, Lord help us to then do it. Your word says in Philippians that you are always at work to make us both willing and able to do that which you have called us to do. We now thank you Lord for all that you have done, and for all that you will do. We trust in You and we look forward to doing Your will and living well so that others will know that You are alive and that You are real. Lord please do not let us be deceived by false prophets and false doctrine. Help us to stay strong in your word and in your will In Jesus Name I Pray, Amen.
Right under that wording i have another scripture, "Jeremiah 29;11 - "FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU. PLANS TO GIVE YOU A HOPE AND A FUTURE. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. says the Lord .
Lord, I love you so much. You are my hope and my salvation. I'm so thankful that my future doesn't hang on any human, but on You, oh Lord, and my obedience to you. Lord I pray that you would Please look upon all of our circumstances today father, and hear our prayers. Our love for you is great, and our hope in you is strong. You are our all in all. We lay our lives at your feet. We place our hearts in your hands. Help us to rise above all the hurt, harm, and economic depression that is going on in the world. Your word says that We have not because we ask not, and in Mark 11:24 you tell us that if we say unto the mountain "be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea" and if we believe and don't doubt, then we shall have what we say. Well, I claim for myself and for my Christian family that we shall be blessed and that if we "come boldly to your throne of grace" we will find help in our time of need. I ask for a double portion for us all. Let us be the light on a hill. Help us to live our lives so that we are examples of all that is Godly and all that is good. Help us oh Lord to follow your instruction and do be "doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving ourselves". After we receive your word for our lives, Lord help us to then do it. Your word says in Philippians that you are always at work to make us both willing and able to do that which you have called us to do. We now thank you Lord for all that you have done, and for all that you will do. We trust in You and we look forward to doing Your will and living well so that others will know that You are alive and that You are real. Lord please do not let us be deceived by false prophets and false doctrine. Help us to stay strong in your word and in your will In Jesus Name I Pray, Amen.
So have you investigated the Mormon Faith? A person I care about sent me a quick note about Christians for Romney.
If you are a true christian, there can be no such thing. Jesus Christ can not be compromised or diminished. He was not a man who attained Godhood and then was given a planet to rule. Adam was not God. God created and later banished Adam.
This information about the Mormon church came from a practicing Mormon as he studied and learned about his Mormon faith. His name is Richard Packham. I'm just posting a copied portion of his findings. These statements are direct quotes from Mr. Packham. His writing is entitled "Why I Left the Mormon Church". His writings can be found on the internet under that title. These are only excerpts. I will not post the entire transcript.
"First, I am descended from a long line of faithful Mormons. All of my ancestors in every branch of my family, for four, five and six generations, were Mormons. The Mormons and their history are my heritage. It is my only heritage. It is where I come from. None of my Mormon ancestors were great or famous, but I have read their stories, and they were good people. They were faithful, hard working, and deserving of my respect. The history of my family is inevitably intertwined with the history of the Mormons, their migration to Utah and the settlement of the mountain West. I cannot ignore Mormonism and Mormon history without forgetting my past."
"The Mormon church boasts of its rapid growth. This growth, in addition to its stance in favor of large families, is because it maintains a large voluntary corps of full-time missionaries who are a well-trained and thoroughly indoctrinated sales force whose sole purpose is to bring more people into the church. Their goal is not to convert, but to enroll, not to enrich lives, but to baptize, not to save sinners' souls, but to enlarge membership rolls. This missionary force is not directed by caring clergymen, but by successful businessmen, because the Mormon missionary effort is a business, and a very successful business, when judged by business standards.
But the ultimate goal of the church, as stated publicly by its early leaders Joseph Smith and Brigham Young (but not mentioned so publicly by more recent Mormon leaders), is to establish the Mormon Kingdom of God in America, and to govern the world as God's appointed representatives. The church is already influential in the making of secular policy, as was proven not so long ago when the Equal Rights Amendment was defeated with decisive help from the Mormon church.
To me, the possibility that the Mormon church might control America is a frightening prospect."
"What began to bother me most was that the church did not seem to be telling the entire truth about many events in its past. The evidence I read seemed to leave no doubt that the church had encouraged, if not organized, the enforcer gangs called the Danites or the Avenging Angels. Too many independent and primary sources testified of their activities. At that time in my researches the true story of the Mountain Meadows massacre was becoming known, an atrocity which the official church history passed off as the work of Indians, whereas it was becoming clear that the primary blame was on the church. The massacre itself was bad enough, but to me the subsequent whitewash by the church was worse, so far as the divine nature of the church was concerned. It bothered me, but I put the thought aside."
"Among the papers of my grandfather, who had served a mission to England in 1910, I found a number of tracts and pamphlets that he had used on his mission. One was the transcript of a debate in 1850 between John Taylor (then an apostle, and on a mission in England) and a Methodist minister. Among the topics discussed in the debate was the rumor, common at the time, that the Mormons were practicing plural marriage. Taylor vigorously denied the rumors as a vicious lie, and firmly asserted on his honor that Mormons were good monogamists. At that very time, however, Taylor himself was married to twelve living wives. All of the top men in the church also had multiple wives at that time. How could a prophet of God lie so blatantly? It bothered me, but I tried to put the thought aside."
"However, I remained a faithful member of the church, fulfilling all my church obligations, attending meetings, observing the Word of Wisdom, wearing my temple garments. But I was struggling mightily to reconcile the church's inconsistencies, lies, and dubious past with my faith in its divinity.
It was at a single moment one day in the university library when I was pondering this problem. I was suddenly struck with the thought, "All of these problems disappear as soon as you realize that the Mormon church is just another man-made institution. Everything then is easily explained." It was like a revelation. The weight suddenly lifted from me and I was filled with a feeling of joy and exhilaration. Of course! Why hadn't I seen it before? ."
This information about the Mormon church came from a practicing Mormon as he studied and learned about his Mormon faith. His name is Richard Packham. I'm just posting a copied portion of his findings. These statements are direct quotes from Mr. Packham. His writing is entitled "Why I Left the Mormon Church". His writings can be found on the internet under that title. These are only excerpts. I will not post the entire transcript.
"First, I am descended from a long line of faithful Mormons. All of my ancestors in every branch of my family, for four, five and six generations, were Mormons. The Mormons and their history are my heritage. It is my only heritage. It is where I come from. None of my Mormon ancestors were great or famous, but I have read their stories, and they were good people. They were faithful, hard working, and deserving of my respect. The history of my family is inevitably intertwined with the history of the Mormons, their migration to Utah and the settlement of the mountain West. I cannot ignore Mormonism and Mormon history without forgetting my past."
"The Mormon church boasts of its rapid growth. This growth, in addition to its stance in favor of large families, is because it maintains a large voluntary corps of full-time missionaries who are a well-trained and thoroughly indoctrinated sales force whose sole purpose is to bring more people into the church. Their goal is not to convert, but to enroll, not to enrich lives, but to baptize, not to save sinners' souls, but to enlarge membership rolls. This missionary force is not directed by caring clergymen, but by successful businessmen, because the Mormon missionary effort is a business, and a very successful business, when judged by business standards.
But the ultimate goal of the church, as stated publicly by its early leaders Joseph Smith and Brigham Young (but not mentioned so publicly by more recent Mormon leaders), is to establish the Mormon Kingdom of God in America, and to govern the world as God's appointed representatives. The church is already influential in the making of secular policy, as was proven not so long ago when the Equal Rights Amendment was defeated with decisive help from the Mormon church.
To me, the possibility that the Mormon church might control America is a frightening prospect."
"What began to bother me most was that the church did not seem to be telling the entire truth about many events in its past. The evidence I read seemed to leave no doubt that the church had encouraged, if not organized, the enforcer gangs called the Danites or the Avenging Angels. Too many independent and primary sources testified of their activities. At that time in my researches the true story of the Mountain Meadows massacre was becoming known, an atrocity which the official church history passed off as the work of Indians, whereas it was becoming clear that the primary blame was on the church. The massacre itself was bad enough, but to me the subsequent whitewash by the church was worse, so far as the divine nature of the church was concerned. It bothered me, but I put the thought aside."
"Among the papers of my grandfather, who had served a mission to England in 1910, I found a number of tracts and pamphlets that he had used on his mission. One was the transcript of a debate in 1850 between John Taylor (then an apostle, and on a mission in England) and a Methodist minister. Among the topics discussed in the debate was the rumor, common at the time, that the Mormons were practicing plural marriage. Taylor vigorously denied the rumors as a vicious lie, and firmly asserted on his honor that Mormons were good monogamists. At that very time, however, Taylor himself was married to twelve living wives. All of the top men in the church also had multiple wives at that time. How could a prophet of God lie so blatantly? It bothered me, but I tried to put the thought aside."
"However, I remained a faithful member of the church, fulfilling all my church obligations, attending meetings, observing the Word of Wisdom, wearing my temple garments. But I was struggling mightily to reconcile the church's inconsistencies, lies, and dubious past with my faith in its divinity.
It was at a single moment one day in the university library when I was pondering this problem. I was suddenly struck with the thought, "All of these problems disappear as soon as you realize that the Mormon church is just another man-made institution. Everything then is easily explained." It was like a revelation. The weight suddenly lifted from me and I was filled with a feeling of joy and exhilaration. Of course! Why hadn't I seen it before? ."
"As a postscript: Apostle Bruce R. McConkie admitted that Brigham Young did teach that Adam was God, and that the church has indeed lied about its own history. (read his letter here)He says that Brigham Young was wrong, but he has gone to the Celestial Kingdom; but if you believe what Brigham Young taught about that, you will go to hell. The fact that the church can put a "positive spin" on these admissions is truly mind-boggling."
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